BuilderChantiers de FranceWhere BuiltDunkerqueDate Built1976Tonnage13979 GRTPropulsionnot specifiedOwners & Previous Names1976-1988 Compagnie Generale Maritime ROSTAND
1988-1991 Various owners KAGORO
1991-1999 USSCo UNION ROTOMA
1999-2001 ANZDL ROTOMA
2001-2003 CP Ships
2003 Indian shipbreakers AlangAdditional NotesExperience gained with the container lift on lift off UNION ENDEAVOUR saw the Company revert to roro in 1991 with the purchase of UNION ROTOMA. After months of negotiations with the various maritime unions she had a crew of only 19. With a stern quarter ramp she had a TEU capacity of 1467. She also had a 40 ton crane. Sold in 1999 to ANZDL and continued in trans Tasman trade for a time but this probably marked the end of the Union Company apart from a foray into a tug and barge service for West Coast coal to Australia.
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). UNION ROTOMA 1991-1999. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 18th Jan 2021 17:17, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/894